The Congregation
62. Al-Jumuʿah
الجمعة
Page #553
62:5
مَثَلُ
الَّذِينَ
حُمِّلُوا
التَّوْرَاةَ
ثُمَّ
لَمْ
يَحْمِلُوهَا
كَمَثَلِ
الْحِمَارِ
يَحْمِلُ
أَسْفَارًا
بِئْسَ
مَثَلُ
الْقَوْمِ
الَّذِينَ
كَذَّبُوا
بِآيَاتِ
اللَّهِ
وَاللَّهُ
لَا
يَهْدِي
الْقَوْمَ
الظَّالِمِينَ
mathalu lladhīna ḥummilū t-tawrāta thumma lam yaḥmilūhā ka-mathali l-ḥimāri yaḥmilu ʾasfāran biʾsa mathalu l-qawmi lladhīna kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna
The example of those who were charged with the Torah, then failed to carry it, is that of an ass carrying books. Evil is the example of the people who deny Allah’s signs, and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.
— Ali Quli Qarai
The similitude of those who were charged with the (obligations of the) Mosaic Law, but who subsequently failed in those (obligations), is that of a donkey which carries huge tomes (but understands them not). Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of Allah: and Allah guides not people who do wrong.
